ELA+3+Lesson+13

Topic: Learning Lessons-Changing after facing a challenge-__Yonder Mountain__ "A Cherokee Legend"

Common Core Standards RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text referring explicitly ot the text as the basis for the answers RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the greades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently W.3.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic W.3.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories SL.3.1d Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion

Suggested Student Objectives Students will contrast Chief Sky's actions from the beginning to end of the story (TE T207) Students will compare Black Bear and Gray Wolf's choices from the mountain (TE T209)

Suggested Additional Readings [|Cherokee legends] [|Legends for comparison]

Resource Links [|Photos of Cherokee] [|Information in Native American Tribes]

Activities Why did Chief Sky make the decision he made about who would be the next chief? Use evidence from the story in your answer. Contrast Chief Sky's actions Black Bear and Gray Wolf's choices Use the link to the Cherokee photos and have children complete attached activity

Assessments Grade writing assignment using ELA rubric

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